Soldier, militant among 4 killed in Valley
6 ITBP men injured in Pulwama blast

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 27: While as six ITBP personnel and two civilians sustained injuries in a grenade attack at Kakapora in Pulwama district this evening, one soldier, one militant and two civilians have died in other militancy-related incidents in Kashmir valley since last evening...........more

PM, DPM appreciate ‘LoC-Kargil’

NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and other Cabinet members watched the year’s biggest Bollywood venture ‘LoC-Kargil’ at a special screenings as the J P Dutta directed multi-starrer opened to a thunderous response all over the country yesterday..................more

VHP studying Rizvi’s proposal on Ayodhya

AYODHYA, Dec 27: Announcing that its doors were open to suggestions for a peaceful settlement of the long-standing Ayodhya dispute, VHP today said it was studying one such proposal made by Jama Masjid Trust chief S A A Rizvi.......................more

132-year old proceeds on Haj

JAIPUR, Dec 27: 132-year-old Rahim Khan alias Habib Miyan was among the first batch of Muslim pilgrims who left for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for Haj................more

‘Assassination bid manifests terror promotion activity’

POKHRAN, Dec 27: India today said the recent assassination bid on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was nothing but manifestation of that country’s terrorism promotion activity.......................more

Cong ready for alliance: Sonia

MUMBAI, Dec 27: Virtually sounding the bugle amid talk of snap Lok Sabha polls, Congress today expressed its willingness to firm up allies to take on a resurgent BJP saying the "process has begun"......more

PCC to be constituted soon

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 27: The Pradesh Congress (I) Committee (PCC-I), which hadn’t been constituted since March 2002 when former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was made its president replacing Mohd Shaffi Qureshi, is in the process of having a full-fledged committee by the end of first week of January.....more

Lawyers find change in Pak people’s attitude......

Govt to create post of CDS.....